Peter Fitz

Known for ActingBorn 1931-08-08Died 2013-01-10Kaiserslautern, Germany

Peter Fitz (8 August 1931 - 10 January 2013) was a German stage and film actor. Fitz completed an apprenticeship at the drama school of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg in the 1950s. In the 1960s, engagements at the Schauspiel Frankfurt theatre followed. Director Peter Stein brought him into the ensemble of the Berlin Schaubühne theatre, where he worked under the direction of Stein as well as Klaus Michael Grüber. In the course of his career, Fitz performed at all major German-language venues, such as the Vienna Burgtheater, the Munich Kammerspiele, Berlin's Schiller Theater, as well as the Salzburg Festival. In 1980 and 1983, he was voted Actor of the Year by the editors of Theater heute magazine. Fitz' theater work took precedence throughout his career, but he also appeared in a number of films and television productions. Some of these include the 1987 film Au revoir les enfants and The Wannsee Conference in 1984. In 1996, Fitz was nominated for the German Film Award for his portrayal of Reinhold Schünzel in Hans-Christoph Blumenberg's Beim nächsten Kuß knall’ ich ihn nieder. Fitz was also known to a broad television audience through crime films and series, as well as for his voice acting work. Peter Fitz died in his Berlin apartment on 10 January 2013 at the age of 81. He was the father of actress Hendrikje Fitz (1961–2016) and actor Florian Fitz (born 1967). His is buried in the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf Berlin forest cemetery. His daughter was buried next to him upon her death in 2016. Source: Article "Peter Fitz" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.Read more

Movies & web series

Die Liebe kommt als Untermieter

Conversation with the Beast

Champagner und Kamillentee

Die Gang

Die Grube

Immer im Einsatz - Die Notärztin

Ich und Christine

Wilhelm Tell

Chimären - Fiktion und Wirklichkeit

Kampf der Tiger

Geblendeter Augenblick - Anton Weberns Tod

The Indecent Profit

Die Bakchen

Schwarz Rot Gold

The Case of Mr. Spalt

Der Mord mit der Schere

Der Auslöser

Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe

Lohn und Liebe

Planet der Kannibalen

Mike Blaubart

Ein Fingerhut voll Mut

Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?

Liebling, vergiß die Socken nicht!

Felix – ein Freund fürs Leben

Suspicion of Guilt

Beim nächsten Kuß knall ich ihn nieder

Zu treuen Händen

A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft

Hass im Kopf

Alles außer Mord

Wer hat Angst vor Rot, Gelb, Blau?

Die Bertinis

Faust

Werckmeister Harmonies

Wilsberg

Ein Mord für Quandt

Contergan - Eine einzige Tablette

Die Braut von der Tankstelle

Au Revoir les Enfants

Donna Leon

Black Sun

Twelve Chairs

Inspector Rex

Kanzleramt

Ich schenk dir meinen Mann 2

Die Kumpel

Babuschka